Oil-drip plate for oil burners



Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,2Q3

A. BEHRSIN OIL DRIP PLATE FOR OIL BURNERS Filed July 10. 1922 Patented Nov. 6 1923.

AUGUST BEHRSIN, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-DRIP PLATE FOR- OIL BURNEBS.

Application filed July 10, 1922. Serial No. 573,806.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BEHRSIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Drip Plates for Oil Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to oil burners provided with a notched plate and a diaphragm through and against which steam or air is directed for atomizing the oil flowing through another notched plate at the mouth of the burner.

In burners of this type some of the oil that is not carried away by the steam drips from the mouth of the burner and the hot burner causes the oil to gum on the face thereof, thereafter slowly burning whereby a-carbon deposit is formed which becomes hardened and crystallized. Continued operation of the burner adds to the deposit whereupon after a period of time has elapsed, a carbon lip is built up that partially obstructs the 2 mouth of the burner so that the flame is projected in other directions than intended and also that the flame is broken and deviated from the object to be heated.

The flame in being misdirected is not as eifective and thus a percentage of heat is lost and wasted. It is this condition in burners that my invention corrects and an object is to provide a burner with a distributor plate to prevent the oil from dripping, gumming and carbonizing at the mouth of the burner.

Another object in providing the plate is for the equal and even distribution of the oil when the steam or air is at low pressure to obtain a smaller flame.

Another object is to provide means for keeping the plate in exact alignment with the mouth of the burner and means for the quick removal of the plate from the burner.

l/Vith the foregoing-and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a burner provided with a drip plate.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the burner with the upper portion removed to show the relation of the diaphragm to the drip plate.

Fig. 3 is a view analogous to Fig. 2 with portions of the notched plates and diaphragm broken away.

Fig. 4C is a. cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the drip plate apart from the burner.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the front portion of the burner."

More specifically, the oil burner 7 as set forth in my Patent #1,248,875 comprises a casing of two like halves 8 and 9 corded to provide annular tapering channelsv l0 and 11 having respective inlet ports 12 and 13 into which an oil feed conduit 1% and a steam or air conduit 15 respectively screw threaded.

Interposed between the members 8 and 9 is a set of plates comprising an oil plate 16, a diaphragm or partition disk 17, a steam plate 18, and a distributor plate 19; the oil and steam plates being disposed on opposite sides of the diaphragm and the distributor plate being arranged next the steam plate. The oil plate and steam plate are to be formed with cut away portions on their peripheries and are arranged so that said cut away portions will be disposed opposite each other at either side of the diaphragm, and the distributor plate is provided with an aperture 26, located to open to the cut away portion of the steam plate. .The distributor plate is formed with a fan shaped extension 22 which is arranged to project from the edge of the plate adjacent the opening 26 and to extend forward of the outer face of the casing members.

The set of plates are held together by a rivet 20 (as shown) or a bolt or the like as a means for keeping the several plates in relative alignment respective of the notches therein and the tongue thereon, so that in case the set of plates is turned to direct the flame of the burner where desired the result will be the same. The rivet is placed at a point over the channel 11 and will travel therein when the plates are moved.

The members and plates are held together by a central clamping bolt 21, and by this means the plates are held centrally, in the members 8 and 9.

Oil is delivered through the feed pipe or conduit 14: into the inlet port 12 and the channel 10 of the casing, flowing through the cut away portion of the oil plate and are onto the surface of the diaphragm directly underthe cut away portion ofthe oil plate, anddrops from the edge of thediaphragm f 18 on to the fan shaped extension 22 .of the distributor plate.

Steam or air is admitted through the conduit 15, passing through theinlet port 13 aperture 27 in the steam plate and is directed outwardly therefrom by'the under surface of the diaphragm 17 onto the fan shaped extension 22 of the distributor plate, there breaking up and atomizing the oil whichihas been delivered to the surface of the distributor plate.

The distributor plate 19. is formed from a thin disc of sheet metal having a fan shaped tongue portion 22 extending from one side the disc. Sides 23 and 24 are upturnedifrom the extension '22 so the oil delivered through the apertureof the oil plate 16 onto theextension .will .not run over the 'sides of the .extensionbut will be kept in thepath of the steam or air-blast-which passes through the aperture in the steam plate 18 andonto the surface of the distributor plate and be atomized thereby.

The extension has an arcuate ebge-2-5 so the mixture will be thrown therefrom evenly.

By referring to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the extension serves as a table or shel -f upon which the, oil will spread and be blown therefrom when a decreased flame is used. In so placing the drip plate 19 below the mouth of the burner any oil that may drop thereon cannot remain to slowly burn and carbonize thereby disrupting the flame in its outwardvtravel for the reason of the blast oif'steamlplaying on the tongue will keep the oilmovin'g; Any. oil that may cling to the arcuateedge 25,.cannot buildup a projecting carbon. wallasthe edge 25 does .not afford a sufficient base therefor and .the carbon that may form will .bebroken off so fast as formed. p j 7 Thus it is that I constructed a simple and effective means whereby this troublesome feature of this type of burner is overcome. Iflwish it understood that changes may be made in the shape of the extended portion 22' platejon each side of said disk, having portionscut away from their peripheries, a

plate arranged between one of the casing members andone of said first named plates having an aperture opening tofthe cut away portion of said plate, said last named plate having an extension projecting beyond the outer periphery of the central disk and beyond the outer face of the casing members. 2. In a liquid fuel burner, two casing mem' bers adapted tobe clamped together, a partition disk between the said members, a plate outer face of the casing members, and means" to clamp the members of the disks and plates ridgidly together and to allow the disk and plates to be turned so that the projecting portion may be disposed to face in any direction from the casing members. 1

3. In a liquid fuel burner, two casing mem bers adapted to be clamped together, a partition disk between the said members, a

plate on each side of said disk, having portions cut away, from their peripheries, a plate arranged between one of thecasing members and one of said first named plates having an. aperture opening to the cut away portion of said plate, said last named plate having an extension projecting beyond the outer periphery 'of the central disk and beyond the outer face of the casing members, said extension being provided 7 with upturned sides, and means to clamp the two members of the disks and plates'rigidly together and to allow the disk andplatesfto be turned so that the projecting portion maybe disposed to face in any the casing members. 1

4. In a-liquid fuel burner, two casing mem-' bers adapted to be'clamped together, a par tition disk between the said members, a

plate on each sidefof said clisk,"having portions cutaway from their peripheries, a plate arranged between one of the casing mem bers and one of said first named plates having an aperture opening to the cut away portion of saidwplate, said last named platehaving anextension projecting beyond the Y outer face of the casing members, said plate, and disk being integrally connected to- V gether with thecut away portion of the first named plates arranged opposite eachother on each side of the disk, whereby the disk and plates are allowed to be turned so that any direction from the casing members." 7

AUGUST EBEHRSJZN.

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